Folding bracket.



PATENTBD MAY '10, 1904. G. M. GREELBY.

FOLDING BRACKET.

APPLIcATIoN FILED DBO. 1s. 1903.

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PATENT Fries.

FOLDING BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "759,435, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed December 16, 1903. Serial No. 185,331. (No model.)

To ct//Z whom, t 'may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. GRnuLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

rPhis invention relates to folding brackets formed of wire for strength and lightness for use where there is a limited space and where a fixed bracket would be objectionable, if not impossible, to use, owing to its projection into a narrow or limited space or passage-way. In the bath-rooms of many small houses, staterooms of vessels, hospitals, restaurants, and various other places where the room is limited a bracket which can be folded out of the way when not in use for the support of a shelf or as a support for a washbowl or other similar receptacles which are not in constant use will be or great utility. The brackets are formed of wire bent to shapes, interlocked to insure great strength, and `at the same time present a pleasing appearance. They are light, practically unbreakable, serviceable, and inexpensive, and when plated are cleanly and ornamental.

rPhe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like parts are designated by similar reference characters, in which Figure 1 is a side view showing a doublysupported bracket in working position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the bracket extended for use. Fig. 3 is a front view of the bracket when out of use and downwardly folded close against a wall, partition, or whatever it may be secured to, and the side brackets can be outwardly folded, as illustrated, or inwardly under the central part; but ithas been deemed best to show them outwardly folded to avoid confusion.

Referring to the drawings, the top of the bracket is formed of a wire 1, preferably bent to a circle, with downward loops 2 3 at the sides. At the back of the circle the wire ends 4 5 are outwardly bent in opposite directions or to a V shape, with the apex at the circle, where they are firmly secured to each other by a binder 6, (or they may be twisted together.) The outer ends of 4 5 are inwardly bent to come parallel and terminate in ope-n bottom hooks 7 8, which engage screw-eyes 9 10, secured to the supporting 55 cured together by binders 20 21, and at their upper part to the horizontal part of the wire by binders 22 23. The wires extend beyond the coils to the wall or partition 1l, where eyes 24 25 are formed to iit over and rest on projections 26 27, fixed in wall orpartition 11.

lt will be seen that only one length or piece of wire is required to form the top, and the same is true of the side brackets. rlhe bends are easily made, and on that account quite heavy wire may be used, if necessary, to support a heavy weight, while owing to the formations only a light wire is necessary for ordinary use.

As seen in Fig. 3, the bracket folds against its support fiat and entirely out of the way, or if there is a lack of sidewise room for the folding, as shown, the side brackets may be folded under the central part. In Fig. 1 a supported bowl 28 is shown supported by the circle formed by wire Il, while in Eig. 2 a shelf 29 is shown in dotted lines, which may be secured by staples 30 or other suitable manner.

I claim- 1. A folding bracket composed of a central member formed of a single wire having its central portion curved to a semicircle, then looped at each side, thereafter curved to complete the circle and secured together, at the back, the ends thereafter outwardly bent and at their extremities turned inward and parallel and formed for engagement to supports in a wall or like structure; and supporting brackets at each side, formed of single wires bent at their central part to engage the loops aforesaid, one end passing to and looped over a parallel end of the central member, the other IOO end diverging and coiled to the opposite end and secured thereto, and thereafter extended to the Wall or support and looped, and a projection from the Wall Which the loop engages When in supporting position underthe central member.

2. A folding bracket comprising three principal members, each formed of a single Wire; the central member fashioned at its central and outer part in a circle With side loops, and united at the back, thence diverging in angu lar lines until near their ends When they come parallel and are formed to engage means for their vertical and horizontal support; means for such support; supporting side members presence of tWo Witnesses.

GEORGE M. GREELEY.

Witnesses:

RANsoM C. WRIGHT, WILLIAM C. STOEVER. 

